Lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity, Professor Tuija Turunen was in the delegation of experts that visited the Yamal Peninsula in Russia in September, regarding the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group’s (SDWG) Arctic Children -project. 

_{The drafting of teaching materials in the sphere of pre-school education for Indigenous children, in order to smooth the transition of pre-school children to elementary school, is one of the core aims.}

The Yamal Peninsula locates in the northwest Siberia, Russia. The delegation stayed 16-19 of September in Novy Urengoy, where their daily program included visits to the surrounding schools and indigenous Nenets people in Tarko-Sale and Kharampur, which is a village between Krasnoselkup and Tarko-Sale.

The Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia, Russia.

_{Professor Tuija Turunen together with the delegation of experts in Novy Urengoy.}

The objectives of the Arctic Children -project are outlined with utmost respect to the cultural heritage and native languages of Indigenous children in the North, whilst evaluating the best practices in the sphere of free pre-school education.

_{Pre-school children and their teacher in front of their school in Kharampur, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, of northwest Siberia, Russia.}